How to do makeup for school correctly - step-by-step photos and videos

Oleg, 44 years old, turner

Nowadays children grow up faster than in our time. My daughter is 16 years old, so she already hangs out with the boys. Well, she puts on makeup, of course. I remember myself at her age. What kind of girls are there, I used to play soldiers with all my might! And my peers turn into dolls. Nobody even thought about cosmetics. But now the time is different. 16 years old is already a fully grown person who knows perfectly well what he needs in life. Today's youth are very purposeful. My daughter already has a clear plan for how to go to college, where to go to work later, when to leave this company and move to another, when it’s time to start a family, and so on. And why should I forbid such an adult young lady from dyeing her eyelashes? This is some kind of nonsense! She knows much more about life than her mother: my wife is a housewife, behind me like a stone wall, she has no problems at all. But my daughter is different - she wants to build her own life. So let her paint her lips if she likes it! She is quite capable of understanding what is beautiful and what is not.

Irina, 32 years old, secretary

Teenage girls simply do not know how to choose their own cosmetics. They don’t care about skin types or the composition of the product - as long as the tube is beautiful! And finances at this age, as a rule, sing romances, so the cheapest and most low-grade cosmetics are bought. The result, as they say, is pimples, flaky skin and other “charms” on the face. At this age, not only decorative cosmetics, but soap must be chosen especially carefully - teenagers’ skin is very capricious. And you will have to pay for unsuccessful experiments throughout your life. I know what I am saying. As a teenager, I had the most terrible acne - not my face, but one continuous pimple! Then the inflammation went away, but marks on the skin still remained - blue spots, scars. I then spent a lot of effort trying to get rid of all this “beauty.” I even had to do some sanding. Of course, the skin has become better now, but it is still far from ideal. So you shouldn’t experiment with cosmetics in your youth, otherwise you won’t be able to hide the traces of these experiments with any powder or foundation!

First steps of makeup - skin care

It was already mentioned above that proper makeup begins with clean facial skin. Therefore, the first step to creating a gentle look should be to learn the rules for caring for your skin:

Washing with special products (foams, mousses, gels); The right products to eliminate oily skin; Systematic use of scrubs and peels for young skin. At the same time, it is not necessary to buy newfangled products in stores; they can be made at home. Self-made facial skin care products will not have a negative effect on the epidermis, will not cause allergic reactions, and will never cause harm; To get rid of excessive shine on the skin during the day, buy compact powder for your girl; It's worth experimenting with foundation. Just be careful when choosing your foundation. The product should have a light texture and lay on the skin with a translucent matte layer.

Igor, 38 years old, cook

Girls need to learn how to put on makeup somehow! Let them do it better in their youth than later, when they become adults. And I don’t see any harm in the fact that a girl puts on lipstick. After all, every woman, regardless of whether she is 12 years old or 72, wants to look attractive. This is a natural female need; fighting it is not only useless, but also harmful - without makeup and jewelry, women waste away. My daughter is seven years old. Do you know what kind of coquette is growing? She’ll be a little more mature, and the guys won’t let her pass. So, she is already showing increased interest in her mother’s cosmetics bag - she steals lipstick or powder. The wife hides the cosmetics, of course, but if our daughter gets to the treasured box, we don’t scold her. Let him study it - it will come in handy later. Her wife even gives her advice on how to paint her lips more evenly. And when she turns 14, she will receive a passport, we will buy her our own cosmetic bag, and my wife will explain how to use it. It seems to me that this is the most correct decision - a mother should teach her daughter the basic “woman’s responsibilities”: cooking, sewing and looking good.

Light makeup for teenagers: going to school

You need to start using cosmetics with the simplest things - mascara and eyeliner. However, all lines should be made with minimal pressure to create the feeling of a completely natural face. At the same time, it is better to choose brown tones for pencils, eyeliner and mascara. Using black options will only add a few unnecessary years to yourself. In addition, black colors on children's skin will look too provocative, and even vulgar.

To highlight their eyes, young girls do not need to use a large amount of makeup. To do this, curl your eyelashes up and run brown mascara over them.

To add texture to the face, it is advisable to use bronzers. But you also need to be careful. If you overdo it, you will achieve an unnatural shine, which is not very beautiful.

Makeup shadows for school should be soft, pastel colors - from ghostly blue with an icy tint to golden beige. Advice for beginners - it is not advisable to use more than two colors of eyeshadow in your makeup for going to school. For starters, one is enough. Arrows can be drawn with a thin pencil in the very corners of the eyes.

Do not use lipstick or liner to define your lips. It is better to buy hygienic lipstick or gloss with a delicate shade of pink or beige.

Nikolay, 39 years old, manager

I think that a child wearing makeup is, first of all, very ugly. Everything needs to be done on time and in place. A teenage girl wearing makeup looks as unnatural as an elderly woman in a miniskirt. Both are a sign of bad taste. Unfortunately, most parents are completely neutral about this: a girl wants to put on lipstick, so be it, it’s not harmful to health! But it seems to me that we should try to instill good taste in children from a very early age. Of course, allowing your daughter to buy lipstick is much easier than explaining why she shouldn’t do it. But a sense of proportion and taste are formed in very early childhood! Then the child will thank you for instilling them in him! In the end, only in childhood nothing depends on appearance - as long as it is not cold or hot, but when a person becomes an adult, this is no longer a trifle. If a woman does not know how to put on makeup and dress, it is more difficult for her to find a man and even move up the career ladder - no one will appoint a lady to a leadership position who comes to work painted and wearing a neckline to the waist.

Makeup for teenagers: mistakes

As you know, no one is immune from mistakes at the beginning of a difficult journey. And studying oneself and searching for the ideal is a difficult and thorny road. Therefore, follow a few simple rules, and you will definitely succeed:

Do not buy cosmetics with pearl or glitter. Besides the fact that it has long been out of fashion, they will add several years to your appearance. Lip glosses are only needed in pastel colors. For young skin, frequent use of concealers is undesirable. This is fraught with serious inflammation of the skin and the formation of a large number of pimples. If you cannot cope with skin imperfections on your own, go to a beauty salon. Professional stylists will help you choose the right set of cosmetics and tell you how to use them; To avoid looking like an old-fashioned cocotte, do not use too dark tones of brown and gray in your makeup; Don't copy the way your older sister, mother or next door neighbor wears makeup. Firstly, you are looking for your own style, and secondly, the rules for using decorative cosmetics are different for each age.

When going to a party, you need to be fully prepared. You are a lady, so you must radiate beauty and arouse the admiration of others! A bright image does not have to be created by an abundance of cosmetics and the intensity of colors. To become the star of the ball, you just need to allow yourself shades in bright but transparent tones. At the same time, decorate your makeup with small rhinestones. Lip gloss is suitable, even red, it is also transparent. If you decide to use lipstick, apply it in a thin layer. Do not use lipstick with glitter, matte is better.

If you are planning a holiday in daylight, limit yourself to pink lip gloss and lightly apply brown mascara to your eyelashes.

Pay special attention to your eyebrows. You definitely need to study materials on how to properly process eyebrows and skillfully tint them. By this part of the face one can judge a girl, her character and how much she values her natural gifts. Carefully work along the eyebrow line. Just don't make a thin strip out of it. For a young girl, it is imperative that her natural beauty be preserved, which should be emphasized with cosmetics. By removing excess hair, you will open your eyes and make your eyes more radiant.

If this is your first experience, call your mother, older sister, or go to a beauty salon for help. Don't invite your best friend. Most likely, she has as little experience as you. Also, it is worth paying attention to the fact that eyebrows should not be tinted in a too intense color. This will only spoil the entire image of the gentle beauty. It’s better to treat them with a special eyebrow styling gel, giving them the desired shape.

Any girl in adolescence is a tangle of complexes, doubts and dissatisfaction with herself. Get practical advice on how to properly care for yourself only from your mother or close relative. It is worth noting that this is a big omission of the modern education system. Every school must have courses on how a girl can become beautiful and a young man can become courageous. However, in case of lack, you need to turn to the help of loved ones.

Raisa, 55 years old, salesman

Nowadays, any girl over 12 years old walks around painted like a doll. And what's good about that? Previously, schoolgirls were not allowed to paint their eyelashes or lips, which is why the children studied well. It's not about the paint, but you need to let the children understand that school is not a place to show off in front of your friends and boys. Therefore, clothes should be strict, and there should be no makeup at all. If I were my parents, I wouldn’t let girls wearing makeup not only go to school, but also on the street. After all, as you know, people are greeted by their clothes. I wouldn’t want my daughter to look approachable and too mature at the age of 12–15. It doesn’t say that she’s a teenager, she’s just wearing too much makeup. And there are a lot of thugs roaming the streets. Girls at this age have practically formed their bodies, but they have not yet learned to think, so they can easily get into an unpleasant situation. They perceive any, even the simplest compliment as a marriage proposal and are ready to follow the “charming prince” even to the ends of the earth. Therefore, the only way to protect a girl from trouble is to show others that she is still a child. That is why I forbade my daughter to wear too revealing “adult” clothes at this age and to wear makeup. It’s scary to remember how many tears and hysterics there were about this. But my daughter grew up, got married safely, and always studied well. And half of her friends, for whom their mothers bought expensive rags, were left alone with two or three children from different men.

Duty makeup

Duty makeup is an image for every day of the school year. The first time, its creation can take up to half an hour, so it’s better to experiment on the weekend. Then, when you get used to it, makeup will not take you more than 5-10 minutes.

Base makeup

First you need to create a base for makeup. Adult make-up begins with a silicone base, then there is careful work with correctors, foundation, powder, blush. But at school such a dense background is unnecessary.

Here are some tips on how to create a makeup base that suits your specific needs.

If you have very noticeable redness on your face, cover it up with a green concealer. It should be applied precisely to problem areas only.
If you want to even out your complexion, you don't have to use a thick foundation. Go to a cosmetics store and take a closer look at Korean BB creams. Unlike conventional foundations, they can help cleanse, moisturize and nourish the skin. The color of these creams adapts to your natural skin tone. It is not necessary to apply the product all over your face; cover only problem areas.
You can visually even out the skin using powder. There are two tips here. It is better to prefer a colorless one so that it only mattifies and smoothes the face. And it’s good if the product is natural. We wrote an article about mineral powders, but you can make your own from rice using these instructions.
If you really want to use blush, you don’t need to do hard contouring. This, of course, is very fashionable, but it’s better not to go to school like that. Save the bronzer for Instagram shots. Take a highlighter or light pink shimmery blush and apply a very small amount to the high points of your cheekbones. The main thing here is not to overdo it, so as not to shine like a spotlight.

This concludes the tips for preparing a makeup base. The next steps - lips and eyes - are optional. But, if you decide, it’s better to do it the way we recommend than to wear panda-style makeup.

How to make up your eyes?

For some reason, at a young age, no one thinks about how to make up their eyes. Hundreds of inspiring photos from social networks with bright, spectacular smokey eyes fly through my head.

Leave the experiments for school holidays and photo shoots.

You can actually paint your eyes for school, but it is better to do it in accordance with the following recommendations:

If you want to paint your eyelashes, take gray mascara. Not black, because it makes the look dramatic and evening even for brunettes, and not brown, because it will definitely give off a reddish look. Gray mascara suits girls with any eye and hair color equally. Plus, she looks natural. Especially if you don't apply too much of it. Sometimes it is enough to paint the very ends to make the eyelashes appear longer.
If your hands reach for your eyeliner, then you need to leave mascara aside. You can wear them together only on holidays; on other occasions it is considered bad form.
If you do take a pencil, apply the product along the lash line itself. There is no need to draw arrows (we'll tell you why below). It is desirable that it be gray and matte. When you apply a thin line, blend it thoroughly. This way your eyelashes will look thicker, but no one will even think that your eyes are made up.
Few people talk about this, but you can highlight your eyes without mascara and eyeliner. If you don't have time to do full makeup, just tint your eyebrows. Take a pencil or shadow half a tone lighter (this is necessary for the makeup to look natural), fill the voids with them and blend thoroughly. Kayals and shadows rub easily, which is why you shouldn’t paint the entire area of your eyebrows with the product.
If you decide to paint your eyebrows, forget about clear geometric shapes. They are no longer in fashion. Maybe it still looks impressive in an Instagram photo, but that's where they belong. So the clear lines are sent after the hard contouring - to the social network.

Once you manage to choose recommendations to taste and put them into practice, you can move on to lip makeup. Have you thought you can never wear lipstick and eyeliner at the same time? It's time to clear up your misconceptions.

Lips are not always vulgar

Lips are not always vulgar. Especially if you honestly followed all our recommendations on how to paint your eyes.

You probably already realized that regular makeup is almost invisible on the face. It is not intended for strong self-expression. This kind of makeup is more suitable for correcting imperfections and highlighting advantages.

Therefore, your eyes are not too bright and your lips will also be quite natural. Just a little prettier.

Here are some tips to ensure everything turns out perfect:

The main thing is that no one notices

The main thing in school makeup is that no one notices it. Above we talked about teachers’ bias towards makeup. This is why you need to avoid contouring, bright thick lipstick and clear arrows.

You don't have to be an icon of teenage rebellion to be interesting.

So now that your makeup is ready, do the following:

Take a simple paper napkin and wipe your face. This is not necessary to remove makeup, but to even it out. This will remove excess makeup and erase obvious transitions. Makeup will not float during the day, you won’t have to touch it up. The main thing is that it will not cause a negative reaction from others.
Inspect the makeup again for clear transitions and lines. If you find something like this, immediately grab a blending brush.

Makeup should be examined in artificial light and in daylight. So take a small mirror and go to the window to make sure your makeup is in order.

Elena, 40 years old, accountant

I grew up in a very patriarchal provincial family. My mother still doesn’t know that I use makeup, and as a child she could have spanked me for wearing lipstick! Do you know how offended I was? All my peers walked around with painted eyelashes and fashionable clothes, but I was like Cinderella! It seemed to me that the boys looked at me with pity, because compared to my classmates I simply looked terrible. Until the end of school, I wore woolen leggings and my mother’s boots, saying “goodbye to youth”! It seems to me that all my numerous complexes and personal unsettlement are precisely because of this. It’s still very difficult for me to believe that someone can like me, because in childhood and adolescence everyone considered me ugly. Then, when I moved to Moscow and entered college, I literally had a blast - I bought the most revealing outfits, wore very bright makeup, and created some unimaginable hairstyles. But, contrary to my hopes, nothing changed - women despised me, and men laughed at me. And only years later I finally found my style and learned how to do makeup. Just what's the point? My age was already approaching thirty - all the normal men were already married, and I never wanted to be a mistress. I am absolutely sure that if my parents had allowed me to dress beautifully and put on makeup in my youth, everything could have turned out differently.